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As the sun came up on 02 September 1945, the USS Yorktown was steaming 30 miles east of Sagami Wan. The formal surrender ceremony was scheduled later in the morning on the USS Missouri. The ceremony...
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Photograph of a Photographers Mate sitting on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier with a group of sailors gathered off to his left.
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Photograph of Dwight Long with his camera, standing in the cockpit of a plane during the filming of The Fighting Lady. An unidentified pilot can be seen beside him standing on the plane's wing.
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Photograph of crewmen directing TBF Avengers and Torpedo Squadron Twenty-Eight (VT-28) launching from the flight deck of the USS Monterey (CVL-26) for a bombing mission on Tintain in June 1944.
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Photograph of five TBF Avengers flying in formation near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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Photograph of 6 Curtiss SB2C Helldivers from Bombing Squadron One (VB-1) returning to the USS Yorktown (CV-10) after a raid in July 1944.
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Photograph of 13 Curtiss SB2C Helldivers from Bombing Squadron Eight (VB-8) flying in formation above the clouds.
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Photograph of a Douglas SBD Dauntless flying above the clouds. The photograph was taken by the lead aircraft.
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Photograph of a Vought OS2U Kingfisher flying reconnaissance for shore landings taking place during the invasion of Anguar, Palau Island in September 1944.
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Photograph of a Imperial Japanese Naval (IJN) coastal defense ship or Kaibokan after taking a direct hit from a bomb on November 10, 1943.
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Do you remember where you were and what you were doing on the early morning of 11 September 2001? Everyone of age should never forget that day when our nation was attacked by a devilish and cowardly...
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Photograph taken from an aerial view of a cargo ship on fire and smoking.
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Photograph taken from an aerial view of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Yamato at sea. The Yamato is under attack by aircraft from several US aircraft carriers, including aircraft from The USS...
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Photograph of sailors firing 20 mm anti-aircraft guns from the starboard side aft gun tubs on the USS Yorktown (CV-10). Several Grumman Avengers can be seen parked on the flight deck.
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Photograph taken from the USS Yorktown (CV-10) during the April 29, 1944 engagement at Truk. A Japanese Nakajima B6N "Jill" flies across the bow of the USS Yorktown under heavy fire but does not drop...
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Photograph of a Japanese plane hit by anti-aircraft fire, falling in the direction of an American aircraft carrier. This image was captured from the flight deck of the USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71). Two...
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Photograph of a flaming Japanese Nakajima B5N (aka Kate to the Allied forces), crashing into the ocean with one of its wings blown off.
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Photograph of Lieutenant Cooper Buck Bright (left) and Lieutenant Commander Edgar Stebbins (right). Both are shown at work in the air pilot office where all aircraft on the USS Yorktown (CV-10) were...
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Photograph of marines in landing craft heading towards the shore through a dense fog. Another Navy vessel lights their way through the fog.